Battery assembly and method of making same

A battery assembly for storing electric energy comprising:

• a frame defining a plurality of channel pairs, one channel of each pair at each lateral end of a cell, and a bus support;
• a plurality of cells less than said plurality of channel pairs having first and second terminals extending out therefrom, each of said plurality of cells being received and positioned by one of said plurality of channel pairs such that said first terminal are aligned and said second terminals are aligned;
• a bus bar defining a plurality of slots greater than said plurality of cells allowing each of said first and second terminals to pass therethrough when said bus is mounted to said frame, said bus bar positioned over said first and second terminals such that said bus provides electrical contact for each of said first terminals to electrical contact each other and said bus bar provides electrical contact for each of said second terminals to electrical contact each other to allow said battery assembly to provide the electric potential from said plurality of cells;
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• a slide receivable by said bus support to maintain said first and second terminals in electrical contact with said bus bar.